To hear emergency radio advisories broadcast from a limited-range transmitter set up by OES during fires and other disasters: 530AM.

Calaveras County (209) 754-3831

The number above is for Cal Fire’s Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit – call for large fire information.

To sign up for email or text message alerts on fires and other disasters from the Shieriff’s Office and other public safety agencies, register online at nixle.comor sheriff.calaverasgov.us. To sign up for CodeRED, visit calaverasgov.us.

Tuolumne County (209) 754-3831

The number above is for Cal Fire’s Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit – call for large fire information.

In major emergencies, call the Office of Emergency Services, (209) 533-5511.

If an incident warrants evacuations, an emergency notification system will be initiated; register for Citizen Alert System Notification online at tuolumnecounty.ca.gov.

Red Cross

To let family members know you are safe during a disaster, list your name online with redcross.org/safeandwell, a free service. Hotline for those displaced by fire or natural disaster: (855) 891-7325. Call the Sonora office at (209) 533-1513, the Sacramento office at (916) 993-7070, or visit online, redcross.org.

Cal Fire’s new Ready for Wildfire app allows smartphone users to sign up for text alerts about wildfires 10 acres or larger in their community or within 30 miles of the phone itself. Info at readyforwildfire.org.